diff --git a/bin/firewall-sosdg b/bin/firewall-sosdg
index 4f2e2f3..4534d1d 100755
--- a/bin/firewall-sosdg
+++ b/bin/firewall-sosdg
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ BASEDIR=/etc/firewall-sosdg
 PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
 #BASEDIR=`pwd`
 
+# We require at least bash v3 or later at this point given some of the more complex
+# operations we do to make the firewall script work.
+if (( ${BASH_VERSINFO[0]} <= "2" )); then
+	echo "Error: We can only run with bash 3.0 or higher.  Please upgrade your version"
+	echo "of bash to something more recent, preferably the latest which is, as of this"
+	echo "writing, 4.x"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
 TWEAKS=$BASEDIR/tweaks
 
 if [ ! -r $BASEDIR/include/static ] || [ ! -r $BASEDIR/include/functions ]; then
@@ -439,6 +448,39 @@ if [ "$ALLOWEDPROTO" ]; then
 	reset_color
 fi
 
+if [ "$IPV4_INTERCEPT" ]; then
+	display_c YELLOW "Adding packet interception rules: " N
+		for i in `grep -v "\#" $IPV4_INTERCEPT`; do
+		IFS_OLD=${IFS};IFS=\|
+		INTERCEPTADD=($i)
+		IFS=${IFS_OLD}
+		SRCIF=${INTERCEPTADD[0]}
+		SRCIP=${INTERCEPTADD[1]}
+		DSTIP=${INTERCEPTADD[2]}
+		DSTPROTO=${INTERCEPTADD[3]}
+		DSTPORT=${INTERCEPTADD[4]}
+		PROXY=${INTERCEPTADD[5]}
+		if [ "$SRCIF" ]; then
+			SRCIF="-i ${SRCIF}"
+		fi
+		if [ "$SRCIP" ]; then
+			SRCIP="-s ${SRCIP}"
+		fi
+		if [ "$DSTIP" ]; then
+			DSTIP="-d $DSTIP"
+		fi
+		if [ "$PROXY" != "BYPASS" ]; then
+			FINAL_RULE="-j DNAT --to-destination ${PROXY}"
+		else
+			FINAL_RULE="-j ACCEPT"
+		fi
+		$IPTABLES -t nat -A PREROUTING ${SRCIF} ${SRCIP} ${DSTIP} -p ${DSTPROTO} --dport ${DSTPORT} \
+			${FINAL_RULE}
+		display_c DEFAULT "\t${GREEN}${INTERCEPTADD[0]}:${BLUE}${INTERCEPTADD[1]}:${PURPLE}${INTERCEPTADD[2]}->${INTERCEPTADD[3]}:${INTERCEPTADD[4]}${AQUA}:proxy->${BLUE}${INTERCEPTADD[5]} "
+	done
+	reset_color
+fi
+
 
 if [ -s "$BASEDIR/include/ipv4_custom_notrack" ]; then
 	display_c YELLOW "Loading custom NOTRACK rules..."
diff --git a/include/static b/include/static
index 4e67458..fea50b2 100755
--- a/include/static
+++ b/include/static
@@ -74,3 +74,13 @@ EXTIP_FIND="$BASEDIR/bin/get_default_ip"
 
 # By default, we allow ipv6 critical icmp
 IPV6_ICMP_CRITICAL=1
+
+# IPv4 and IPv6 regex matches to determine if entry is valid.  These may need
+# to be tweaked over time.  At the moment, we use by default the pattern here:
+# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/53497/regular-expression-that-matches-valid-ipv6-addresses
+IPV4_MATCH="(?:(?>(?>([a-f0-9]{1,4})(?>:(?1)){7})|(?>(?!(?:.*[a-f0-9](?>:|$)){8,})((?1)(?>:(?1)){0,6})?::(?2)?))|(?>(?>(?>(?1)(?>:(?1)){5}:)|(?>(?!(?:.*[a-f0-9]:){6,})((?1)(?>:(?1)){0,4})?::(?>(?3):)?))?(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|[1-9]?[0-9])(?>\.(?4)){3}))"
+IPV6_MATCH="(?:(?>(?>([a-f0-9]{1,4})(?>:(?1)){7})|(?>(?!(?:.*[a-f0-9](?>:|$)){8,})((?1)(?>:(?1)){0,6})?::(?2)?))|(?>(?>(?>(?1)(?>:(?1)){5}:)|(?>(?!(?:.*[a-f0-9]:){6,})((?1)(?>:(?1)){0,4})?::(?>(?3):)?))?(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|[1-9]?[0-9])(?>\.(?4)){3}))"
+# At the moment I don't have a valid way of verifying ranges within a certain constraint (ie /0 through /32)
+# If anyone wants to write these, feel free to!
+IPV4_NETMASK_MATCH=""
+IPV6_NETMASK_MATCH=""
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/options.default b/options.default
index 6c47963..501b4d9 100755
--- a/options.default
+++ b/options.default
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ TRUSTEDIP="127.0.0.1"
 # use otherwise.
 DONTTRACK="127.0.0.1"
 
+# Intercept IPv4 packets for use in a transparent proxy
+#IPV4_INTERCEPT=$BASEDIR/conf/ipv4-intercept
+
 # IP range(s) to forward
 #ROUTING=$BASEDIR/conf/ipv4-routing